This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations. The socio-political,
Plain ugly examines depictions of physically repellent characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and defor
This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the Mexican born directors Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and Alfonso Cuaron. The book examines the career trajectories
Maps take place in time as well as representing space. The Google map on your smartphone appears to fix the world, serving as a practical spatial tool, but in practice is deployed in ways that draw at
